Thought I'd drop a brief comment on the Farsports FSC-50CA alloy braking wheels I have. I bought them with Novatec A291SB/F482SB hubs and CX-Rays. Matte 3K finish. Came in at 1,540g without skewers or rim tape. $592 shipped including Paypal fee. About 2 weeks from order placed to wheels arriving here in Chicago. Packaging was surprisingly nice with a very tough double-walled box and careful wrapping of the wheels. They even have a nicely printed little manual and some spare brake pads. Did not expect this from a Chinese wholesaler.

Finish quality is top notch on the wheels, brake track is smoothly machined with grooves and carbon layup has no visible flaws in cosmetic 3K layer. The Novatec hubs have a good reputation and seem to work fine, the front hub is extremely tiny. 3 pawl freehub setup, I disassembled them easily to ensure lube situation was good... I have the standard 20/24 drilling pattern, lacing is fairly tight but not as tight as I've seen on other wheels.

Ride is extremely smooth and compliant. The wheels are fairly stiff and brake rub is minimal while out of the saddle thrashing. The wheels have not gone out of true despite the absolutely trashed road conditions around here and some sporatic gravel riding. Crosswinds do noticably push them around. I can't sense the aero benefit, but the smooth ride makes these wheels worth it regardless. Braking performance is pretty great on these, better than most other alloy rims I've used.

Update on my U-shapes.As I mentioned earlier, 25mm tyre will take 27,1mm width on these rims. This will leave only few mm´s between tyre and fork crown. Little rocks rubbed fork, so I mounted 23mm tyre on front and now it is ok.Rear end has plenty of clearance.Frame is DengFu FM028.

That image is from me. I grabbed a screen shot on HongFu's web site since the right click save as function would work right.

I've been in constant contact with Nancy from HongFu for the past month or so about these wheels from them. The lead times are still really long and that has been frustrating for me. Apparently the only aero wheel they have been advertising that they've actually seen in house to photograph has been the 56mm clincher, the pictures of which I've already posted in this thread.

As for FarSports, I'm not sure. I'd be happier to work with Kyle over @farsports since they deal with Sapim spokes and many more hub options. In fact, HongFu will not (as of right now) even sell you those rims as a wheelset. Right now they are only being sold as rimsets. I found that interesting to say the least. It didn't really make any sense.

so the rims in this thread (http://www.velobuild.com/wheels/4959-u- ... arbon-rims" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;) are eventually going to be available from hongfu? i like the sound of these wider, bulged 40s, 56s, etc. i'll probably use the 56T for my race wheels for next summer.

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